Fidelity and Its Relationship to Implementation Effectiveness, Adaptation, and Dissemination

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health: Translating Science to Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Allen, Jennifer D ^a,b   Linnan, Laura A ^c,d   Emmons, Karen M ^a,e  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

D I research; Dissemination and implementation; Evidence based interventions; Fidelity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921693597     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199751877.003.0014     Document Type: Chapter

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